INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method of disseminating information, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a first monitoring device, a first condition of a first aspect of an infrastructure and transmitting a data signal to an operations center, the data signal including data relating to the first condition and a first time stamp;
detecting, by a second monitoring device, the first condition of the first aspect and a second condition of a second aspect of the infrastructure, and transmitting a data signal to the operations center, the data signal including data relating to the second condition and data relating to the first condition, and the data signal comprising a second time stamp;
determining, by the operations center, whether the data included in the data signal received from either of the monitoring devices indicates a problem of contamination within the infrastructure;
subsequent to the determination of the indication of the problem of contamination, determining, by the operations center, an amount of the contamination, an approximate location of the contamination, a direction of contamination movement, and a speed of the contamination movement, wherein the direction and the speed of the contamination movement are based on the first time stamp from the first monitoring device and the second time stamp from the second monitoring device;
determining, by the operations center, whether the data included within the data signal received from either of the monitoring devices indicates a problem of corrosion within the infrastructure; and
subsequent to determination of the indication of the problem of corrosion, determining by the operations center an amount of corrosion determined to be the problem within the infrastructure and a level of severity of the corrosion;
wherein the first aspect and the second aspect define different aspects of the infrastructure.
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Abstract
A method of disseminating information includes detecting, by a first monitoring device, a condition of an aspect of an infrastructure; transmitting data relating to the condition and a first time stamp; detecting, by a second monitoring device, the condition; transmitting data relating to the condition and a second time stamp; determining whether a difference in data indicates a problem of contamination; subsequent to an indication of the problem of contamination, determining an amount of the contamination, an approximate location of the contamination, a direction of contamination movement, and a speed of the contamination movement, based on the first time stamp and the second time stamp; determining whether a difference in data indicates corrosion within the infrastructure; and subsequent to the indication of corrosion, determining whether the data relating to the condition indicates an amount of corrosion determined to be the problem, and a level of severity of the corrosion.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of disseminating information, the method comprising:
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detecting, by a first monitoring device, a first condition of a first aspect of an infrastructure and transmitting a data signal to an operations center, the data signal including data relating to the first condition and a first time stamp; detecting, by a second monitoring device, the first condition of the first aspect and a second condition of a second aspect of the infrastructure, and transmitting a data signal to the operations center, the data signal including data relating to the second condition and data relating to the first condition, and the data signal comprising a second time stamp; determining, by the operations center, whether the data included in the data signal received from either of the monitoring devices indicates a problem of contamination within the infrastructure; subsequent to the determination of the indication of the problem of contamination, determining, by the operations center, an amount of the contamination, an approximate location of the contamination, a direction of contamination movement, and a speed of the contamination movement, wherein the direction and the speed of the contamination movement are based on the first time stamp from the first monitoring device and the second time stamp from the second monitoring device; determining, by the operations center, whether the data included within the data signal received from either of the monitoring devices indicates a problem of corrosion within the infrastructure; and subsequent to determination of the indication of the problem of corrosion, determining by the operations center an amount of corrosion determined to be the problem within the infrastructure and a level of severity of the corrosion; wherein the first aspect and the second aspect define different aspects of the infrastructure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of disseminating information, comprising:
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detecting, by a first monitoring device, a condition of an aspect of an infrastructure; transmitting, by the first monitoring device, a data signal including data relating to the condition and a first time stamp; detecting, by a second monitoring device, the condition of the aspect of the infrastructure; transmitting, by the second monitoring device, a data signal including data relating to the condition and a second time stamp; determining whether the data from the first monitoring device differs from the data from the second monitoring device; determining whether a difference in data indicates a problem of contamination within the infrastructure; subsequent to the determination of the indication of the problem of contamination, determining an amount of the contamination, an approximate location of the contamination, a direction of contamination movement, and a speed of the contamination movement, wherein the direction and the speed of the contamination movement are based on the first time stamp from the first monitoring device and the second time stamp from the second monitoring device; determining whether a difference in data indicates a problem of corrosion within the infrastructure; and subsequent to the determination of the indication of corrosion, determining whether the data relating to the condition as detected by the first monitoring device and the second monitoring device indicates an amount of corrosion determined to be the problem within the infrastructure, and a level of severity of the corrosion. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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